Windows Script Host/Shell COM object creation

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Within this lesson you will learn how to create the Windows Script Host Shell COM Object

In order to create the object, you will need to create the object using this line of code

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Syntax Breakdown[edit | edit source]

Command Description
Set This command makes the computer create a space in the memory to store an object.
objShell This is the object name the computer is assigning the memory location. (Variable name of your COM object).
CreateObject(" ") This initializes the creation of an object and causes the class named inside of the parenthesis to be inherited by the variable.
Wscript.Shell The class the variable inherits.

Useful Class Methods[edit | edit source]

Method Description
.Run Run an application
.ShellExecute Runs an application through cmd.exe
.Exec Works like .Run but return exit/error code